EP 566 German Pinot Noirs

Who talks about Pinot Noir from Germany? Gary V does!

Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Oberrotweil Pinot Noir Estate
2005 Oberbergen Pinot Noir Select
2005 Karl H. Johner Pinot Noir

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Luca Bercelli

90/100

line of the day – ‘This has a more disturbing nose. This is what I call “wet garbage” ‘

I didn’t even know Germany made Pinot Noir before watching this…I’ll be looking out for them in the future

Tags: German, Pinot Noir, red, review, wine, wines

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  • Anonymous

    QOTD: I’ll go with a general region (other than New Zealand): not only Casablanca Valley, Chile and San Antonio, Chile, but I had a Pinot Noir From “Hopler” from Austria recently… firm, pungent, no-nonsense wine, but real.

  • YoungDave

    QOTD: I’ll go with a general region (other than New Zealand): not only Casablanca Valley, Chile and San Antonio, Chile, but I had a Pinot Noir From “Hopler” from Austria recently… firm, pungent, no-nonsense wine, but real.

  • vinoBlue

    qotd: I’m disappointing myself in terms of diversity, but I haven’t have any non-Cali, non-Burgundian Pinot. I’ll have to pick one up.

    Since you’re on a tare of doing different and unusual shows, how about a show on Mead – yeah, Honeywine. Just thought you might want to bring some more learning up in this piece…

  • vinoBlue

    qotd: I’m disappointing myself in terms of diversity, but I haven’t have any non-Cali, non-Burgundian Pinot. I’ll have to pick one up.

    Since you’re on a tare of doing different and unusual shows, how about a show on Mead – yeah, Honeywine. Just thought you might want to bring some more learning up in this piece…

  • Hi there!

    For me it must be the Weingut Nelles Spätburgunder B-52 Goldkapsel i tasted in 2006. Great wine with mineral notes, quite heavy (14.5%).

    Even over here in The Netherlands (neighbour of Germany) German Pinot Noir is a rarity. Trying my best to change the general opinion by importing some myself..

    Gert.

  • Hi there!

    For me it must be the Weingut Nelles Spätburgunder B-52 Goldkapsel i tasted in 2006. Great wine with mineral notes, quite heavy (14.5%).

    Even over here in The Netherlands (neighbour of Germany) German Pinot Noir is a rarity. Trying my best to change the general opinion by importing some myself..

    Gert.

  • Nathan

    Mt Difficulty Central Otago fort sure.

  • Nathan

    Mt Difficulty Central Otago fort sure.

  • J Crazy

    QOTD: If we can forget the price tag, the Grosset 06 Pinot is pretty damn good stuff, but for around 80 bones I won’t be buying the same vintage again…for a long time.

  • J Crazy

    QOTD: If we can forget the price tag, the Grosset 06 Pinot is pretty damn good stuff, but for around 80 bones I won’t be buying the same vintage again…for a long time.

  • JLed

    Gary,

    I have never had a Pinot that I have enjoyed. I have had 7 or 8 and they were all full of oak chips and just not enjoyable. I have had one Washington and the rest California! I just avoid them at this point. Tired of wasting my money

  • JLed

    Gary,

    I have never had a Pinot that I have enjoyed. I have had 7 or 8 and they were all full of oak chips and just not enjoyable. I have had one Washington and the rest California! I just avoid them at this point. Tired of wasting my money

  • Vericlese

    LOL, treadmill viewers! Great show, good man, amazing wine insight. Thank you for making my evenings the best part of my day.

  • Vericlese

    LOL, treadmill viewers! Great show, good man, amazing wine insight. Thank you for making my evenings the best part of my day.

  • Bimi

    Loved to see some german wines on the show. Although I’m from germany I rarely had a german Pinot. Will go and taste some by next chance.

  • Bimi

    Loved to see some german wines on the show. Although I’m from germany I rarely had a german Pinot. Will go and taste some by next chance.

  • canadapete

    Never knew of pinot from germany! Expanding palates everywhere.

  • canadapete

    Never knew of pinot from germany! Expanding palates everywhere.

  • Jason S.

    QOTD: don’t think i’ve ever had a pinot from outside the US or FR. But that just means I need to go find one and expand my palate.

    Want the green wristband! For sure!

  • Jason S.

    QOTD: don’t think i’ve ever had a pinot from outside the US or FR. But that just means I need to go find one and expand my palate.

    Want the green wristband! For sure!

  • Great episode. I am a newby to WineLibrary.TV but enjoy wines regularly. My quest in the wine world is to find good bottles of everyday wine under $10, great bottles under $20 and amazing bottles under $30. Looks like I found a guy who can help in the journey – see you in Phoenix on Nov 19 for the 3rd Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference!

  • Great episode. I am a newby to WineLibrary.TV but enjoy wines regularly. My quest in the wine world is to find good bottles of everyday wine under $10, great bottles under $20 and amazing bottles under $30. Looks like I found a guy who can help in the journey – see you in Phoenix on Nov 19 for the 3rd Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference!

  • Cheers Gary

    Interesting show, I’m impressed with the screwtop, those nutty Germans aren’t afraid of voting science of sentamentality.

    QOTD: Tough question when there’s so much good stuff out there. Had a few German and Alsace Pinots, as well as plenty of NZ and Chilean ones, but I’ll have to go Australian. Contenders include
    – Paringa Estate Reserve (Mornington Peninsula)
    – De Bortoli Reserve (Yarra Valley)
    – Hillcrest (Yarra Valley)
    – Bay of Fires (Tasmania)
    – Stoniers Reserve (Mornington Peninsula)
    – Mooruduc Estate (Mornington Peninsula)
    – Henty Estate (Henty – western victoria)
    – Hoodles Creek (Yarra Valley – one of the great value wines in Australia)
    – Dalwhinne (Pyrenees – actually a warmish climate, interesting wine)

    Andrew

  • Cheers Gary

    Interesting show, I’m impressed with the screwtop, those nutty Germans aren’t afraid of voting science of sentamentality.

    QOTD: Tough question when there’s so much good stuff out there. Had a few German and Alsace Pinots, as well as plenty of NZ and Chilean ones, but I’ll have to go Australian. Contenders include
    – Paringa Estate Reserve (Mornington Peninsula)
    – De Bortoli Reserve (Yarra Valley)
    – Hillcrest (Yarra Valley)
    – Bay of Fires (Tasmania)
    – Stoniers Reserve (Mornington Peninsula)
    – Mooruduc Estate (Mornington Peninsula)
    – Henty Estate (Henty – western victoria)
    – Hoodles Creek (Yarra Valley – one of the great value wines in Australia)
    – Dalwhinne (Pyrenees – actually a warmish climate, interesting wine)

    Andrew

  • Ray Barnes

    I would very much like to know why the last wine achieved a 90 point rating when it literally smelled like garbage.

  • Ray Barnes

    I would very much like to know why the last wine achieved a 90 point rating when it literally smelled like garbage.

  • Nik

    QOTD: I find the Martinborough area in NZ to have some of the best pinots – would have to choose the 2005 Voss Estate as the best I’ve had.

  • Nik

    QOTD: I find the Martinborough area in NZ to have some of the best pinots – would have to choose the 2005 Voss Estate as the best I’ve had.

  • theduffy

    Great show!

    QOTD: Love the Johner Pinot Noir, Love Fürst Löwenstein, Love Meyer-Naekel’s Spätburgunder from the tiny little Ahr Region in Germany! There’s a lot of greaaaattt Spätburgunder in the country!

    See you one day
    Marlene theduffy

  • theduffy

    Great show!

    QOTD: Love the Johner Pinot Noir, Love Fürst Löwenstein, Love Meyer-Naekel’s Spätburgunder from the tiny little Ahr Region in Germany! There’s a lot of greaaaattt Spätburgunder in the country!

    See you one day
    Marlene theduffy

  • Ilse

    Congratulations with this choice of wine for this episode…it takes some guts, I would say.
    QOTD : I appreciate pinot noir, but most of the ones I had are from Alsace (although I passed through Luxemburg recently and I bought some…haven’t tried them yet, as I was flying back to Spain afterwards with only hand luggage…I will try after Xmas, when returning by car). Travelling through Chile and New Zealand, I tried the local ones and I was really impressed by the ones from NZ…

  • Ilse

    Congratulations with this choice of wine for this episode…it takes some guts, I would say.
    QOTD : I appreciate pinot noir, but most of the ones I had are from Alsace (although I passed through Luxemburg recently and I bought some…haven’t tried them yet, as I was flying back to Spain afterwards with only hand luggage…I will try after Xmas, when returning by car). Travelling through Chile and New Zealand, I tried the local ones and I was really impressed by the ones from NZ…

  • Valentin

    QOD: From South Africa. I don’t remember the producer. It was from a bay area. Walker’s Bay, maybe?

  • Valentin

    QOD: From South Africa. I don’t remember the producer. It was from a bay area. Walker’s Bay, maybe?

  • Carlitos

    QOTD. 1998 Torti Pinot Noir Barrel Aged from the Oltrepò Pavese in Lombardia, Italy. As complex as the best Burgundy I’ve had. Purchased their 2003 Bonarda from WL hoping to repeat the experience and it was terrible. 🙁

  • Carlitos

    QOTD. 1998 Torti Pinot Noir Barrel Aged from the Oltrepò Pavese in Lombardia, Italy. As complex as the best Burgundy I’ve had. Purchased their 2003 Bonarda from WL hoping to repeat the experience and it was terrible. 🙁

  • Dan-o

    Cool show – I have had a Spaetburgunder (pronounced shpet-burgunder) in the past, but not nearly as good as what you seem to have experenced. I liked learning about Baden, a region I do not know well.

    QOTD – I had an Australian pinot noir that came from Sparky and Sarah (i think). It was in a bottle with a ghoulish label that I can’t seem to remember the name of. I think it was $70, not worth the price point, but a good pinot out of a different geo.

  • Dan-o

    Cool show – I have had a Spaetburgunder (pronounced shpet-burgunder) in the past, but not nearly as good as what you seem to have experenced. I liked learning about Baden, a region I do not know well.

    QOTD – I had an Australian pinot noir that came from Sparky and Sarah (i think). It was in a bottle with a ghoulish label that I can’t seem to remember the name of. I think it was $70, not worth the price point, but a good pinot out of a different geo.

  • Jim in Atlanta

    I have had quite a few German Pinots when in Germany. I was lucky to be in southern Germany on business many times and enjoyed the spaetburgunder. I have one that I brought back from the Rhein in May. The people at the winery said more Germans like red wine now and they are planting more red grape vines. Thanks for doing this episode.

  • Jim in Atlanta

    I have had quite a few German Pinots when in Germany. I was lucky to be in southern Germany on business many times and enjoyed the spaetburgunder. I have one that I brought back from the Rhein in May. The people at the winery said more Germans like red wine now and they are planting more red grape vines. Thanks for doing this episode.

  • Patrick Haaren

    Hi Gary,
    it has to be Felton Road Block 5 Pinot Noir from Central Otago New Zealand.
    Superbe bottle.

  • Patrick Haaren

    Hi Gary,
    it has to be Felton Road Block 5 Pinot Noir from Central Otago New Zealand.
    Superbe bottle.

  • The answer to your question “What is the best non US, non Burgundy Pinot Noir is without a doubt the Felton Road, block 5 2002. Tasted together with a flight of DRC this wine was the show of the night.

  • The answer to your question “What is the best non US, non Burgundy Pinot Noir is without a doubt the Felton Road, block 5 2002. Tasted together with a flight of DRC this wine was the show of the night.

  • German red wine is like German opera, it is only enjoyable when you are pissed off and feel like invading another country!

    Erik Wait

    “Adventures in Wine Tasting”

    P.S. You forgot to say, “…whether they like it or not!”

  • German red wine is like German opera, it is only enjoyable when you are pissed off and feel like invading another country!

    Erik Wait

    “Adventures in Wine Tasting”

    P.S. You forgot to say, “…whether they like it or not!”

  • Tom Kersten

    Sticking with Germany. Weingut Rudolf Furst 2005 Spatburgunder Klingenberger also anything by Jean Stodden in the Rech/Ahr area.

  • Tom Kersten

    Sticking with Germany. Weingut Rudolf Furst 2005 Spatburgunder Klingenberger also anything by Jean Stodden in the Rech/Ahr area.

  • Greg

    QOTD: Meinklang Blaugurgunder 2006 from Burgenland, Austria. At $16 a great value.

  • Greg

    QOTD: Meinklang Blaugurgunder 2006 from Burgenland, Austria. At $16 a great value.

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